charlie's na6

[kula]

Such an awesome car.



well done with it mate.

Most it is what I have instore for mine, with a few other mods.

[Jeo]

I'm home, I'm tired, but it was good to catch up with/meet a bunch of people. Photos later.

[charlie_91]

Update:

So i finally got back from sydney this morning at 3.45am. What a weekend. There was fuel tanks splitting,cops, turbos falling off manifold, windows not working, sparks, throwing up, and lack of sleep So many things so i wont recap it all now. But when i get some rollers from the trip ill put together a big post

[naythan]

niice car man, so happy you made it down to showcased! was awesome seeing this in person, i kept missing it when the car was started but oh well.. definitely convinced me
to get off my ass and start working on my own but

[16bit]

Update:

So i finally got back from sydney this morning at 3.45am. What a weekend. There was fuel tanks splitting,cops, turbos falling off manifold, windows not working, sparks, throwing up, and lack of sleep So many things so i wont recap it all now. But when i get some rollers from the trip ill put together a big post

how do you split a fuel tank outside of an accident?

[Hjt]

how do you split a fuel tank outside of an accident?

The tank on a older 7 series BMW split, maybe bottom out on the way down? It was really low!

[charlie_91]

Yeah the fuel tank is like under the floor. So he bottomed out on a big bump and smashed it

[16bit]

oh i thought you meant your car, you can see why i was confused.

[charlie_91]

Quick teaser of what happened probably 6hours from home.. So much for this manifold being 'uncrackable' lol

[rxmx]

Oh shiit that sux, do you have a flex pipie on your dp and wastegate pipe? Is the mani sch10 or 40?

[plohl]

That really sucks

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[charlie_91]

Roadtrip to Sydney write up

Friday:

So i woke up friday morning, went into work for a few hours then headed home to start packing and getting my car ready for the big trip down to sydney. Plan was to leave the Gold Coast at 11pm, drive straight through to Sydney with a couple of stops in bewteen and get there around 10am ready start preparing for The Lowdown's Showcased meet that started at 1pm. Unfortunately not everything goes to plan

Washed, waxed and pack the car and i was pumped to start getting on with it.


Drove over to a mates house to meet up with him on the way so we could travel down to meet the others an hour away. Before i got to his, i took the exit off the highways only to be confronted with an 4 cop bikes and 2 highway patrol cars. Clenching my arse i drove straight past and luckilly for me i got green lights and got through fine

Picked up my mate and drove down to meet the others at Chinderah BP just over the border into NSW.



Caught up with the others and wasted no time in getting on the road




First few hours were great, spoke some sh*t with my mate in the car and everything seemed to be going great..

Saturday:
About two hours into the trip i looked in my rear view mirror to find the 2 other cars missing. We quickly pulled over at the next servo and called to see what happened. I did not expect to be told what i was told lol. Zak (drive a static slammed BMW 7Series) who run Streetkarnage had split his fuel tank open after bottoming out coming over a bridge. We looked for supplies in the Sevice Station to see if there was anything we could use unfortunately there was nothing. We drove back 2 kms to see how they were going to be confronted with the Beamer in the air with fuel pouring out of it.




While others were seeing if they could block the leak Zak raised the rear up. We convinced him to drive it up to the servo so have more space and light however he was concerned considering his car throws sparks constantly and Fuel + Spark isnt that great of a combination. We managed to get it back to the servo and decided it was a good photo opp


NOTE: the fuel puddle to the side of the car

Alex's bagged golf and Cobeys static stanced V35





One of the guys that was with us came up with a great idea to use soap to seal up the split and atleast stop the leak. They ran into the servo and got soap, plugged it up as good as they could, dropped the car and rolled it forward to see if the fuel was still leaking.

10 minutes passed and no sign of fuel POWER ON!!!!

[charlie_91]

After that setting us back 1.5hrs we had to get on the road if we were even gonna get close to making it in time. We drove for a couple of hours before stopping off for fuel, snacks and checking to see how the soap was going


Filling up like a boss



Drove through the dark and fog waiting to be greated by some light. At around 5am i started feeling a bit sick so i got my passenger to drive for a bit. Morning came and we decided to stop off for some breaky, talk some sh*t and fuel





Dawn seemed like a perfect opportunity for rolling shots.. However my sickness got worse and i was relinquished to the Getz





Looking sorry for myself


As i tried yet failed to sleep we continued driving till we got to newcastle.. Unfortunately we got split up and had to try and meet up somewhere.. Still being 2 hours away we decided the car wash was a good option. I didnt last that long and had to pull over twice to throw up

By the time we all got to the carwash it was around 10.30 and promtly washed all out cars.. At this point my windows stopped working and the drivers side was stuck down



Not being able to put it up meant i couldn't wash it properly.. So i quickly sprayed it down and did the best I could without soaking the inside of my car haha Once washed and dried, we rolled out for the last time before we arrived at the meet.

[charlie_91]

With no time to spare we were hurrying to get there in time and was was supposed to be a boring drive on the highway actually turned out to be a lot fun seeing that the roads were twisty ;) At this point i think everyone was surprised that we didnt see any cops lol Probably a good thing to

1.5hrs later we arrived at the carpark where the meet was held. Quickly parked up on the lower levels to wipe over out cars and get prepped to park up on the roof top





We drove up the top and got given out designated area Parked up as a club and got out and chilled for the rest of the arvo





A lot of coverage from a lot of good photographers. Heres my favs so far






Me with the beard





Alex's golf


For more coverage of the meet see these links
http://www.stancenation.com/2012/07/05/the-lowdown-presents-showcased-photo-coverage/

http://www.downshiftaus.com/

http://streetkarnage.blogspot.com.au/

Meet finished so we headed packed up and made a move.

[charlie_91]

Once back at the hotel we parked our cars, ate, showered and after 36 hours of being awake i went to sleep. Few of the boys pushed on and went out Before going to bed i decided to take my steering wheel off since my window still wasnt working

Sunday:
Woke up sunday morning refreshed after a 8 hour sleep and decided to do a bit of sight seeing with a couple of the boys.



After a couple of hours we decided to head back and make a move back home. Packed all our stuff and we were on our way.



Stopped off at a servo to fill up and Zak decided he would try to raise the rear abit.. Just to give more protection to the fuel tank Unfortunately he couldnt for some reason and was made to roll slammed the whole way home





We were back on the road.. The next two hours were probably the highlight for me. It was much easier driving during the day and a lot of fun was had









Vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2sqmHKU ... ture=share